If I was offered $37,500 for a job after an internship, what should I counter with? (New York)

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Don’t negotiate if this includes overtime (it probably does). You don’t have a lot of leverage but at that low, you can stay and eat dinner on the company’s dime every night and earn time and a half....

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I’ll add...it’s a tough job market out there right now, especially for junior creatives. If it has overtime and it’s a place you feel you can learn and grow, take it. Ask for a 6 month review.

Without overtime ask for 45.

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I would at least go 45-50k esp in ny.

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Why are junior roles making salaries in the 30k’s?? I thought the market was terrible 5 years ago when I entered and I got 50k. Never did NYC, but is it even possible to pay rent and train fare there every month on that kind of salary?

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Lol not a chance I was making 55k +OT and after rent/ loans/ train/ food/ and utilities i still wasn’t in a great position

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Grey 1 as of Jan 1 you have to make over 55k to not have overtime so they could negotiate up to 54.9k and still make time and a half for each hour over 40 a week

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My first job after an internship/school offered me $30k. I took it to build the experience and 4 years later I’m at $75k. It’s terrible it takes this long to make decent money but unfortunately that’s reality. I’m not even sure if I’m at a decent salary right now 😂

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Thats low. Ask for at least 10k or more or turn it away.

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That’s an awful salary. Some agencies in NYC are bullshit for that, they think because it’s NYC everyone should be *dying* to work there. Out of grad school a job in NYC offered 45k, no negotiation. Turned them down flat, they were so shocked I could possibly not be desperate to live in NYC.

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Correction- 58,500k is minimum to not get overtime

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Is $58,500k a NY specific amount? Or is that national? I haven’t seen anything about a chance and thought it was $48k or thereabouts

@grey2 so if you make under that they have to give you ot?

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Yes

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Also just to be clear you deserve much more than this. Hopefully with overtime you’d make between 50-60.

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$50k, expecting you’ll get $45k

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If it’s a good agency where you can build a book, take it. You not only *might* suck, by the numbers, you *probably* suck. The fact a good agency might pay you almost 40k to find out is incredible.

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Nah. Finding out whether they suck is what the internship they’re currently doing there is for.

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That’s an offensive offer - I would ask for $60-$65 + a private jet to use as your creative think tank 😎

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I started at $32,500. Sucked, but I did it for 10 months, made myself indispensable to my team, and got an offer elsewhere for 50k and asked them to match it.

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Counter with 60 that’s what I started out with in nyc after an internship as a junior

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I started at $40k. Most other AE’s at my office are $37-40k.

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I started at 43k you can get more.

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@grey 2 is that a NYC rule? I make under that in Chicago and have never been given OT?

We have the same law in Chicago / Illinois and use it over here.

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i graduated in May and took a job at 45k at a smaller agency. I get overtime which helps a lot. (NYC)

What agency is it though? Top tier agencies offer lower salaries because of the personal equity the job will provide. it’s great on a resume

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